Paint-bucket attachment.



No. 802,861. PATENTED 061124, 1905. W. HETHERINGTON. PAINT BUCKETATTACHMENT.

" APPLIUATIOII FILED JUNE 3 1905.

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'WILLIAM HETHERINGION, OF EVEREST, KAN SAS. ASSIG-N OR OF ONE-HALF TOANTONIO SCALAPINO, OF EVEREST, KANSAS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 24:, 1905.

Application filed June 3, 1905. Serial No. 263.625.

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM IIETHERING- TON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Everest, in the county of Brown and State of Kansas,have invented new and useful Improvements in Paint-Bucket Attachments,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to paint-bucket attachments, and has for itsobject to produce a simple inexpensive device of this character by meansof which the bucket may be readily attached to a ladder, one wherein thebucket will. be maintained firmly and securely in position, and onewhich in practice will obviate liability of the bucket becoming upsetand its contents spilled A further object of the invention is to providea simple and efficient device for receiving and holding a paint-brushwhen not in use.

To these ends the invention comprises the novel features of constructionand combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a deviceembodying the invention, showing the same applied for use. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the bucket equipped with attachments embodying theinvention,

and Fig. 3 is a view of the blank from which the retaining-bracket isformed.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a ladder having rounds 2, and 3a pail or vessel provided with a bail or handle 1, these parts being ofthe usual or any appropriate construction and material, inasmuch as theyconstitute no part of the present invention. Attached to the vessel 3 bymeans of rivets or other suitable fastening members 5 is an attachingmember or bracket 6, formed, preferably, from a single piece or blank ofsheet metal bent into shape to produce a pair of side portions 7,connected by a wall or web 8 and spaced to receive between them one ofthe side bars of the ladder 1, there being formed in the outer side wall7 a seat or recess 9 to receive one of the rounds 3 and produce anengaging hook 10, designed to securely engage the round, there beingformed at the normally lower end of the inner side wall 7 an outturnedportion or flange 11 for engagement by one or more of the fasteningmembore 5, by which the bracket is attached to the vessel.

In Fig. 3 there is illustrated a blank from which the bracket is formedand showing the same prior to bending the side portions 7 and flange 11into position, it being understood that the blank in forming the bracketis bent or folded along the dotted lines 12 and 13, that portion of theblank which forms the normally inner side plate 7 being provided withperforations 14 to receive the fastening members, as is also the ear orflange 1.1..

In practice, the member 6 having been attached to the vessel, asillustrated herein, the latter may be disposed at any desired po sitionupon the ladder by seating the bracket over one of the side rails of theladder and engaging the hooks 1.0 with one of the rounds, which willenter and fit within the recess 9, as heretofore explained. It is to beunderstood in this connection that I have herein illustrated the deviceas adapted for attaching the vessel to the right-hand side of theladder. The blank from which the bracket is formed may in practice bebent reversely to that herein shown, thus adapting the same forattaching the pail to the left-hand side of the lever. It will beobserved that through the medium of the attaching member 6 the pail willbe maintained securely in position upon the ladder, thus obviatingliability of the vessel upsetting or its contents being spilled, and,further, owing to the bracket being attached to the side wall of thevessel at a point above the bottom of the ladder the said vessel willsit as usual upon the ground or any suitable support while being filled.

Attached to the normally front side of the pail is a brush-holdingmember or clip 15, formed from a single length of material bent in theform of a sleeve, said clipbeing dis posed at an angle relative to thevertical and adapted to readily receive and hold a brush 16 when not inuse.

From the foregoing it is apparent that I produce a simple deviceadmirably adapted for the attaimnent of the ends in view, it beingunderstood that minor changes in the details herein set forth may beresorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. In adevice of the class described, a vessel, an attaching member carriedthereby and designed to seat on the side bar of a ladder, said membercomprising a pair of side plates, one of said plates having a recessproducing a rung-engaging hook.

2. In a device of the class described, a vessel, an attaching membercarried thereby and designed to seat on the side bar of a ladder, saidmember comprising a plate spaced from the side wall of the vessel andprovided with a recess producing a rung-engaging hook.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a vessel-supporting bracket designedto seat over the side bar of a ladder and composed of a single blank ofmaterial shaped to present a pair of spaced side portions and aconnectingweb, one of said side portions being provided I with a recessproducing a rung engaging hook.

4. In a device of the class described, a ves- WILLIAM HETHERINGTON.

Witnesses:

B. J. LYoNs, T. O. I-IoUNELL.

sel, an attaching member carried thereby and

